Influences : art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance
The study of the heavens is holy: the cosmos, the creator, vision, and the soul -- Let there be light: rays in the macrocosm -- Celestial rays and the earthly world of change -- The physical nature of vision, the material image, and the soul -- Early modern ecosystems: the city, the building, the pe...
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| Format: | Llibre |
| Idioma: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]
: The University of Chicago Press
, 2013
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| Accés en línia: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Rezension Rezension |
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[Rezension von: Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Influences. Art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance] Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Quinlan-McGrath, Mary, Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance] |
| Notes de l'autor: | Mary Quinlan-McGrath |
| Sumari: | The study of the heavens is holy: the cosmos, the creator, vision, and the soul -- Let there be light: rays in the macrocosm -- Celestial rays and the earthly world of change -- The physical nature of vision, the material image, and the soul -- Early modern ecosystems: the city, the building, the person -- Architectural theory and astrological foundations: three case studies -- The hidden power in a picture: how celestial rays are trapped in images -- Look, reflect, be changed: the great astrological vaults of the Italian Renaissance |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index |
| Descripció física: | XI, 284 S., [6] Bl. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780226922843 0226922847 |
